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Another Way to Play: Teaching Instrumental Music to Students with Upper Limb Differences

(By Valerie Peters, Andover MA) - Every year, between 1 and 6 in 10,000 children in the United States is born with an upper limb anomaly.1 During childhood, many more lose hands and arms to accidents or disease. These children grow up and enter our classrooms, and as inclusive, innovative Orff-Schulwerk teachers, it is our job to provide them with the most diverse and successful instrumental music experience possible.